#Gandujegate: Investigative committee summons Daily Nigerian editor

The Committee set up by the Kano State House of Assembly to
investigate the authenticity of a video clip allegedly showing Gov.
Abdullahi Ganduje receiving bribe, has summoned the Editor-in-Chief
of Daily Nigerian,Malam Ja’afar Ja’afar, to appear before it.

Daily Nigerian is an online Newspaper that published the
controversial video clip.

The comiittee’s Secretary, Mujtafa Aminu, disclosed this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on
Friday.
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Aminu said the committee had in a letter dated Oct. 19, 2018
requested Ja’afar to appear before the committee on Thursday, Oct.
26 at the Assembly’s Complex.

He said adequate security had been provided for the safety of
the Journalist as he was expected to answer questions on the
publication and the video clips released by his online
newspaper.

According to him, the committee had already visited the
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Rabi’u Yusuf, and the state
Director of DSS with a view to soliciting their support to provide
security at the Complex, venue of the sitting.

NAN reports that the assembly had on Monday constituted a
seven-man committee to investigate the matter. (NAN)